This study aims to explore and describe the effects of teenage pregnancy on the
school life of teenage mothers who are learners at The High School. It also seeks to
generate guidelines which could be useful for educators, programme planners, and
other stakeholders involved in designing intervention programmes to help teenage
girls avoid unintended pregnancies and those who have fallen into this trap, to be
resilient.
The sample consists of thirteen learners who were either pregnant or teenage mothers
already. The participants were purposively chosen from grades 8-12, two from each
grade and five from grade 12. This study uses a qualitative, contextual, descriptive
design to investigate the effects the teenage pregnancy has on the lives of girls who
fall pregnant while at school. It employs a case study methodology and the data
collection instruments included face-to-face interviews and document analysis such as
mark schedules and attendance registers.
The findings revealed that teenage pregnancy causes tension in the girls' families; the
physical changes and experience of pregnancy impacts on their school life; pregnancy
causes emotional instability in the teenage girls' lives and their education is indeed
disadvantaged. A positive aspect is that there is a chance to make up for the lost time
if educational opportunities and support exist.
The researcher recommends that there should be support for pregnant girls and
teenage mothers within the school system. For this study to have more impact as well
as influence policy makers and senior Departmental officials to act upon these
recommendations, it is advisable that further research be conducted in other schools to
explore the impact of teenage pregnancies on their school life in particular, and
schools in general. / Theses (M.Ed.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2004.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/3203 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Nzama, Angelina Priscilla Lungile. |
| Contributors | De Lange, Naydene. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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